And then it said: "Heatshield separation. Next up: Radar must lock on ground."

Soon after landing on Mars, the rover beamed its first photograph which showed a shadow of the rover on the red planet.

"It once was one small step... now it's six big wheels. Here's a look at one of them on the soil of Mars," added a tweet that referred to astronaut Neil Armstrong's famous words "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" after he set foot on moon.